Right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous?

 

Elementary Secondary
Right-handed Left-handed Ambidextrous Right-handed Left-handed Ambidextrous
% % % % % %
Canada 83.5 9.6 6.9 85.0 9.3 5.7
P.E.I. 81.0 14.3 4.8 . . .
N.S. 81.2 12.4 6.4 77.8 11.1 11.1
N.B. 81.9 6.9 11.1 87.7 10.5 1.8
Que. 80.8 12.0 7.3 80.0 11.7 8.3
Ont. 84.1 9.4 6.4 85.8 9.1 5.1
Man. 81.5 9.3 9.3 71.4 14.3 14.3
Sask. 78.6 14.3 7.1 88.4 4.8 6.8
Alta. 81.2 9.1 9.7 84.6 9.3 6.1
B.C. 83.9 7.0 9.2 83.3 11.1 5.6
Territories 72.7 18.2 9.1 86.2 10.3 3.4

 

Note: ‘Territories’ includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon.

Source: Census at School Canada, 2014-2015